People: Jul. 18, 1969

In 43 years, the presidential yacht has ferried a panoply of kings,
emperors, ambassadors and other important personages along the
Potomacbut rarely a crowd like this. Two dozen youngsters, most of
them from poor families around Washington, followed wide-eyed behind
Pat Nixon on a tour of the 104-ft.-long vessel, now named Sequoia, as a
Navy crew piloted them downstream on a two-hour voyage. It was the
first of a series of 14 cruises the First Lady plans for children this
summer. "I thought it could be put to better use," said she, dishing...